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How my heart yearns within me!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/19.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />I will see him for myself. Yes, I will see him with my own eyes. I am overwhelmed at the thought!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/19.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. My heart faints within me!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/19.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/19.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; <i>though</i> my reins be consumed within me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/19.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Whom I shall see for myself, And my eyes shall behold, and not another. <i>How</i> my heart yearns within me!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/19.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Whom I, on my part, shall behold for myself, And <i>whom</i> my eyes will see, and not another. My heart faints within me!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/19.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Whom I myself shall behold, And whom my eyes will see and not another. My heart faints within me!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/19.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Whom I myself shall behold, And whom my eyes shall see and not another. My heart faints within me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/19.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Whom I myself shall behold, And whom my eyes will see and not another. My heart faints within me!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/19.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Whom I, even I, will see for myself, And my eyes will see Him and not another! My heart faints within me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/19.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will see him myself; my eyes will look at him, and not as a stranger. My heart longs within me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/19.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will see Him myself; my eyes will look at Him, and not as a stranger. My heart longs within me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/19.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Whom I, even I, shall see, on my side, And mine eyes shall behold, and not as a stranger. My heart is consumed within me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/19.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Yes, I will see him for myself, and I long for that moment. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/19.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another. My reins are consumed within me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/19.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I will see him with my own eyes, not with someone else's. My heart fails inside me!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/19.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I will see him with my own eyes, and he will not be a stranger. My courage failed because you said, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/19.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />whom I will see for myself. My own eyes will look at him— there won't be anyone else for me!— He is the culmination of my innermost desire."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/19.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/19.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />whom I will see for myself, and whom my own eyes will behold, and not another. My heart grows faint within me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/19.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Whom I, even I, shall see on my side. My eyes shall see, and not as a stranger. My heart is consumed within me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/19.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/19.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />whom I, even I, will see on my side. My eyes will see, and not as a stranger. “My heart is consumed within me. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/19.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Whom I see on my side, "" And my eyes have beheld, and not a stranger, "" My reins have been consumed in my bosom.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/19.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Whom I -- I see on my side, And mine eyes have beheld, and not a stranger, Consumed have been my reins in my bosom.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/19.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Which I shall see for myself, and mine eyes beheld, and not a stranger: my reins were finished in my bosom.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/19.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Whom I myself shall see, and my eyes shall behold, and not another: this my hope is laid up in my bosom. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/19.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />It is he whom I myself will see, and he whom my eyes will behold, and no other. This, my hope, has taken rest in my bosom.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/19.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I will see for myself, my own eyes, not another’s, will behold him: my inmost being is consumed with longing. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/19.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />whom I shall see on my side, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. My heart faints within me!<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/19.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Yet, if my eyes shall see God, then my heart also will see the light; but now my body is consumed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/19.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />If my eyes will see God, my kidneys see the light. It is ending, for I am ended by my resurrection<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/19.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Whom I, even I, shall see for myself, And mine eyes shall behold, and not another's. My reins are consumed within me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/19.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />which I am conscious of in myself, which mine eye has seen, and not another, but all have been fulfilled to me in <i>my</i> bosom.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/19-27.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=2972" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/19.htm">Job: My Redeemer Lives</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">26</span>Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God. <span class="reftext">27</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ă·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/2372.htm" title="2372: ’e·ḥĕ·zeh- (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- See, behold. A primitive root; to gaze at; mentally, to perceive, contemplate; specifically, to have a vision of.">will see</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">Him</a> <a href="/hebrew/lî (Prep:: 1cs) -- ">for myself;</a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: wə·‘ê·nay (Conj-w:: N-cdc:: 1cs) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">my eyes</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: rā·’ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">will behold Him,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō- (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">and not</a> <a href="/hebrew/2114.htm" title="2114: zār (Adj-ms) -- A primitive root; to turn aside; hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically to commit adultery.">as a stranger.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3629.htm" title="3629: ḵil·yō·ṯay (N-fpc:: 1cs) -- A kidney. Feminine of kliy; a kidney; figuratively, the mind.">How my heart</a> <a href="/hebrew/3615.htm" title="3615: kā·lū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent. A primitive root; to end, whether intransitive or transitived.">yearns</a> <a href="/hebrew/2436.htm" title="2436: bə·ḥê·qî (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 1cs) -- Bosom. Or cheq; and chowq; from an unused root, apparently meaning to inclose; the bosom.">within me!</a> </span><span class="reftext">28</span>If you say, ‘Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him,’…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/13-12.htm">1 Corinthians 13:12</a></span><br />Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/3-2.htm">1 John 3:2</a></span><br />Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/17-15.htm">Psalm 17:15</a></span><br />As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/3-20.htm">Philippians 3:20-21</a></span><br />But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, / who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/4-16.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:16-17</a></span><br />For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise. / After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/26-19.htm">Isaiah 26:19</a></span><br />Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/12-2.htm">Daniel 12:2</a></span><br />And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/5-28.htm">John 5:28-29</a></span><br />Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice / and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-23.htm">Romans 8:23</a></span><br />Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-1.htm">2 Corinthians 5:1-2</a></span><br />For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. / For in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/22-4.htm">Revelation 22:4</a></span><br />They will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-8.htm">Matthew 5:8</a></span><br />Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/11-25.htm">John 11:25-26</a></span><br />Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies. / And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-8.htm">1 Peter 1:8</a></span><br />Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/16-10.htm">Psalm 16:10-11</a></span><br />For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay. / You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.</p><p class="hdg">I shall</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/24-17.htm">Numbers 24:17</a></b></br> I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/26-19.htm">Isaiah 26:19</a></b></br> Thy dead <i>men</i> shall live, <i>together with</i> my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew <i>is as</i> the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.</p><p class="hdg">another.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/119-81.htm">Psalm 119:81</a></b></br> CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: <i>but</i> I hope in thy word.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/philippians/1-23.htm">Philippians 1:23</a></b></br> For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:</p><p class="hdg">within me.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_kings/6-5.htm">Another's</a> <a href="/job/5-3.htm">Beheld</a> <a href="/1_kings/17-19.htm">Bosom</a> <a href="/job/19-10.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/job/18-13.htm">Consumed</a> <a href="/job/17-15.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/job/19-15.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-31.htm">Faints</a> <a href="/job/17-11.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/job/16-13.htm">Reins</a> <a href="/job/19-10.htm">Side</a> <a href="/job/19-17.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/job/19-15.htm">Stranger</a> <a href="/job/14-22.htm">Within</a> <a href="/james/4-5.htm">Yearns</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/proverbs/6-26.htm">Another's</a> <a href="/job/31-26.htm">Beheld</a> <a href="/job/23-12.htm">Bosom</a> <a href="/job/20-26.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/job/20-26.htm">Consumed</a> <a href="/job/20-21.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/job/21-8.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/psalms/63-1.htm">Faints</a> <a href="/job/20-14.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/psalms/7-9.htm">Reins</a> <a href="/job/20-25.htm">Side</a> <a href="/job/29-16.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/job/29-16.htm">Stranger</a> <a href="/job/20-2.htm">Within</a> <a href="/psalms/63-1.htm">Yearns</a><div class="vheading2">Job 19</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/19-1.htm">Job, complaining of his friends' cruelty, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/19-6.htm">shows there is misery enough in him to feed their cruelty</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/19-21.htm">He craves pity</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/19-23.htm">He believes the resurrection</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/job/19.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>I will see Him for myself</b><br />The Hebrew root for "see" is "ra'ah," which implies not just physical sight but also understanding and experiencing. Job expresses a deep, personal conviction that he will encounter God directly. This reflects a profound faith in a personal relationship with the Divine, transcending mere intellectual acknowledgment. In the context of Job's suffering, this statement is a powerful declaration of hope and assurance that he will have a personal vindication and revelation of God's justice and presence.<p><b>my eyes will behold Him</b><br />The repetition of the idea of seeing emphasizes certainty and anticipation. "Behold" in Hebrew is "chazah," which can mean to perceive or to have a vision. This suggests a deeper, spiritual insight beyond physical sight. Job anticipates a future where his understanding of God will be complete and unmediated. This is significant in the narrative of Job, as it contrasts with the limited understanding of his friends and his current suffering.<p><b>and not as a stranger</b><br />The term "stranger" in Hebrew is "zar," which can mean foreigner or outsider. Job is asserting that his relationship with God is intimate and familiar, not distant or alien. This reflects the covenant relationship that God has with His people, where He is known personally and intimately. Job's confidence in this relationship is a testament to his faith, even amidst his trials.<p><b>How my heart yearns within me!</b><br />The Hebrew word for "yearns" is "kalah," which conveys a sense of longing or pining. This phrase captures the deep emotional and spiritual desire Job has for this encounter with God. It is a poignant expression of hope and anticipation, showing that despite his suffering, Job's ultimate desire is for communion with God. This yearning is a central theme in the life of faith, where believers long for the fulfillment of God's promises and the ultimate revelation of His presence.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/19.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(27) <span class= "bld">My reins be consumed within me.</span>--<span class= "ital">i.e., </span>with longing to see Him; literally, <span class= "ital">my reins are consumed in my bosom. </span>The words "in my flesh" may mean <span class= "ital">from my flesh, </span>or, w<span class= "ital">ithout my flesh. </span>Taken in the former sense and applied to the future, it is hard not to recognise in them, at the least, some dim conception of a resurrection.<p>(27) <span class= "bld">Whom I shall see for myself.</span>--The words "see for myself" may mean <span class= "ital">see on my side, i.e., </span>as my Judge and Avenger; or they may be the personal intensifying of the conviction which seems confirmed by the words, "and not a stranger." Do Job's words then teach the doctrine of the resurrection? Possibly not directly, but they express the firm conviction of that faith of which the resurrection is the only natural justification; they express a living trust in a living personal God, who, if He is to come into contact with man, cannot suffer His Holy One to see corruption nor leave His soul in hell. How far Job believed in the resurrection of the flesh hereafter, he certainly believed there was life out of death and through death here; and no man can believe in a living God and not believe that He must and will triumph over death. It is possible for us to believe in some dogma about the resurrection, and yet not believe in God. In this respect we shall be unlike Job. It is impossible for us to believe as he did and not be ready and thankful to believe in the resurrection of Christ, and of those who belong to Christ, as soon as the fact is proclaimed to us on sufficient authority. In this way, and for this reason, the confession of Job rightly stands at the head of the Christian Office for the Burial of the Dead, which looks forward to the resurrection, and lays fast hold thereon. Those who decline to see in Job's confession any knowledge or hope of a resurrection, must not forget that they have also to explain and account for <a href="/isaiah/26-19.htm" title="Your dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, you that dwell in dust: for your dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.">Isaiah 26:19</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/19.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 27.</span> <span class="accented"><span class="cmt_word">-</span> Whom I shall see for myself</span>. Not by proxy, <span class="accented">i.e.</span> or through faith, or in a vision, but really, actually, <span class="accented">I</span> shall see him <span class="accented">for myself.</span> As Schultens observes, an unmistakable tone of exultation and triumph pervades the passage. <span class="cmt_word">And mine eyes shall behold, and not another</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "not the eyes of another." I myself, retaining my personal identity, "the same true living man," shall with my own eyes look on my Redeemer. Though <span class="cmt_word">my reins be consumed within me</span>. There is no "though "in the original. The clause is detached and independent, nor is it very easy to trace any connection between it and the rest of the verse. Schultens, however, thinks Job to mean that he is internally consumed by a burning desire to see the sight of which he has spoken. (So also Dr. Stanley Leathes.) <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/19-27.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">I</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲנִ֨י ׀</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> </span><span class="str2">I</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will see</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶֽחֱזֶה־</span> <span class="translit">(’e·ḥĕ·zeh-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2372.htm">Strong's 2372: </a> </span><span class="str2">To gaze at, to perceive, contemplate, to have a, vision of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Him</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֤ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for myself;</span><br /><span class="heb">לִּ֗י</span> <span class="translit">(lî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">my eyes</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעֵינַ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘ê·nay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - cdc | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> </span><span class="str2">An eye, a fountain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will behold Him,</span><br /><span class="heb">רָא֣וּ</span> <span class="translit">(rā·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and not</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as a stranger.</span><br /><span class="heb">זָ֑ר</span> <span class="translit">(zār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2114.htm">Strong's 2114: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn aside, to be a, foreigner, strange, profane, to commit adultery</span><br /><br /><span class="word">How my heart</span><br /><span class="heb">כִלְיֹתַ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(ḵil·yō·ṯay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3629.htm">Strong's 3629: </a> </span><span class="str2">A kidney, the mind</span><br /><br /><span class="word">yearns</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(kā·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3615.htm">Strong's 3615: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">within me!</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּחֵקִֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḥê·qî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2436.htm">Strong's 2436: </a> </span><span class="str2">The bosom</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/19-27.htm">Job 19:27 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/19-27.htm">Job 19:27 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/19-27.htm">Job 19:27 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/19-27.htm">Job 19:27 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/19-27.htm">Job 19:27 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/19-27.htm">Job 19:27 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/19-27.htm">Job 19:27 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/19-27.htm">Job 19:27 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/19-27.htm">Job 19:27 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/19-27.htm">Job 19:27 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/19-27.htm">OT Poetry: Job 19:27 Whom I even I shall see (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/19-26.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 19:26"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 19:26" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/19-28.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 19:28"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 19:28" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>